Libro di fiammelle e ombre (2017)
for six solo voices

incorporating madrigals by Jacques Arcadelt

EXAUDI / James Weeks

Libro di fiammelle e ombre

I want every gun we have to fire on that man

Inspired by the book “Distant Light” by Antonio Moresco, in an English translation by Richard Dixon. At one point, the protagonist (a man - or a spirit, it is hard to say) speaks (inwardly) to a group of fireflies, and in so doing seems to wrestle with his own thoughts about life.

i. hailstones
ii. small underground burrows
iii. light up and transfigure yourselves

premiered by Jessie Downs and Christian Smith at The Cass Project (Buffalo, NY) on Sunday March 4th, 2018

fireflies (2018 premiere)

Squarepushers (for vocal quintet)

Live recording of a performance with Amy Wood and Jamie McVinnie given at St Mary-at-Hill, London on 23 March 2018, recorded by John Croft (http://chiaro-audio.uk). 
I am singing 1st soprano (solo verse 1:48-3:10).

FRANCOIS COUPERIN Motet pour le jour de Pâques

Performed by members of ELISION Ensemble:
Daryl Buckley, Kathryn Schulmeister, Carl Rosman, Joshua Hyde, Ben Marks

Mixed and mastered by Justin Smith at Mammoth Studios

Score Follow: https://youtu.be/nDz2xMKlID8

ℬooks II III VI VII XI XVII XXIV XXIX XLI

J.S.Bach: Herr Jesu Christ, wahr Mensch und Gott

Presence

Composer, vocalist, director, and pedagogue. Currently based in Buffalo NY.

fireflies (2018 premiere)

Jessie Downs

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